For his first exhibition in Belgium\, Kristof Kintera
(Praha\, 1973) presents artworks that mainly explore the boundaries of con
temporary sculpture. His practice range from public installations to small
kinetic devices. He also deals with the reification of material and transfo
rmation of everyday objects that both convey anthropomorphically referenced
attitudes. Kintera embraces existantialist issues questioning the place of
humans in their natural and/or artificially created environment. he invest
igates current complexities in a globalized context including social tensio
ns\, urbanism\, consumerism\, etc. His artworks permanently generate a conf
lict between the personal and the global along with polarities such as attr
activeness and rejection. Kintera's interventions are voluntarily provocati
ve\, subversive\, melancholic\, schizophrenic and refer to the ready-made a
nd various styles such as mannerism\, surrealism\, caricature\, etc.